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Hammond Place, High Street, Upnor, Rochester, ME2 4XG

2 planning records
Property type
Detached
Habitable rooms
4
From EPC
Floor area
118 m²
1270 sq ft
Energy rating
F
Score 33
Council tax
Band E
Tenure
Owner Occupied
Overview

About Hammond Place

A plain-English summary derived from public records, EPC certificates, sold prices and local data.

Hammond Place is a detached house in Upnor, Rochester, Rochester (ME2 4XG). It has a recorded floor area of 118 m² (around 1270 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (May 2024) shows an F (score 33), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 72), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity.

Held since May 1999 — that's 27 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. At 118 m² the property is well over the postcode median (76 m² across 18 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Today's modelled estimate of £425,000 sits 226.9% above the 1999 sale of £130,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£102/sq ft) was about 60.9% below the postcode norm. 2 planning records sit against the property, 0 approved, 0 refused.

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Valuation

against the asking price

Risks

planning & flood

Sold prices

similar homes nearby

Trends

the local market

Energy

Energy performance

Every EPC certificate filed against this property — current rating, recorded improvements, and where there's headroom to reach a higher band.

Hammond Place's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.

EPC Rating

A
B
C
D
E
F
F33
G
Main Heating
Electric
Main Fuel
Electric
Hot Water
Very Poor
Windows
Average
CO2 Emissions
11.0 t/year
Occupancy
Owner Occupied
Planning

Planning history

Applications and permits filed against Hammond Place, High Street, Upnor, Rochester, ME2 4XG, sourced from the PlanIt planning register.

Planning history at Hammond Place is exclusively tree-management applications — typical for a property with mature trees on or near the plot.

  1. Nov 2017
    Tree WorksTrees
    In report

    Holly - Reduction of height to no less than 4.0m from ground level and proportionate reshaping of crown spread.

    Documents
    4 docs on file
    Reference
    CAN/17/3487
    View planning record
  2. Sept 2017
    Tree WorksTrees
    In report

    Eucalyptus - Fell. Pittosporum - Removal of two branches identified in photograph. Silver birch - Removal of overhanging branch identified in photograph.

    Documents
    6 docs on file
    Reference
    CAN/17/2862
    View planning record
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Price

Sales history & valuation

Recorded transactions, our model's current estimate, and a quick read on what neighbouring properties have sold for.

Hammond Place's estimated value is more than triple its earliest registered sale price (1999).

Current estimate

£425,000

Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.

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Last sold (1999)

£130,000

Recorded with HM Land Registry.

Sales timeline

  1. 27 May 1999Most recent

    £130,000

Median price across the last 5 sales in ME2 4XG: £350,000 (2025–2020).

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On the street

Versus other High Street homes

Four headline reads against 18 similar houses on this street, drawn from the latest EPC and Land Registry data.

Price per m² for Hammond Place lags the street by a wide margin.

Price per m²

£1,102

Street avg £3,910

Strongly below

Floor Area

118 m²

Street avg 77 m²

Strongly above

Habitable Rooms

4 rooms

Street avg 5 rooms

Below

CO₂ Emissions

11.0 t/year

Street avg 6.8 t/year

Strongly below
Area

The neighbourhood at a glance

A condensed read of the local area. Each tile links through to the full breakdown on the Rochester district page.

Daytime road noise here sits well below conversation level — a quiet pocket of the postcode.

Crime

3/mo

Steady year-on-year across the wider district.

Nearest stop

0.1 km

Castle — bus stop.

Closest school

0.9 km

St Mary's Island Church of England (Aided) Primary School. 25 schools nearby.

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The full report breaks down crime, transport links, schools and air quality in depth.

Noise

Road noise across the postcode

Modelled day and night-time noise levels around ME2 4XG from Defra's strategic mapping. The pin marks this postcode's centroid.
Daytime road noise heatmap for ME2 4XG

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00

49.9dB

Low
Night-time road noise heatmap for ME2 4XG

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00

41.7dB

Low
55 dB
60 dB
65 dB
70 dB
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80 dB
Defra Road Noise Strategic Mapping, Round 4
FAQ

Common questions

The questions buyers, sellers and homeowners most often ask about Hammond Place, High Street, Upnor, Rochester, ME2 4XG. Each answer is also embedded as structured data for search engines.